Most AI generated videos are a dreadful, endless threading of shorter zoom-ins and constant object morphings.

This music video made with OpenAI’s Sora as a harbinger of text-to-video future is no exception.

latimes.com/entertainment-…

NYC traffic.
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If you had a bad day in the market it makes it better to recall co-founder Ron Wayne sold his 10% stake in Apple for $800, worth ~$286 billion today. Stuff happens.

Speaking of Services revenue, are you old enough to remember how Apple was criticized for having created a site for movie trailers?

(It was to promote QuickTime, but pundits complained about Apple not having ‘content’ chops. Well, here we are.)

web.archive.org/web/2002100819…

BTW, Maxey stop wasting your time in Philly.
Let’s talk about your career in NYC.
Call us.
#Knicks

Whiny thug knows whiny thug.
#Knicks
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I'm sure having the NBA's reigning whiniest & dirtiest player (Embiid) and the floppiest (Lowry) on the same team is a pure coincidence.

Will Apple announce intent to acquire Peloton at today’s earnings call?

theverge.com/2024/5/2/24146…

'Eventually, every storm passes.'

How long does it take?
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“AI hardware is like trying to invent the iPod after the iPhone”

(How about inventing the iPad after the iPhone?)

After having declared TV+ a gatekeeper in the streaming Performance & Quality Market, EC is now asking Apple to allow sideloading of user generated content under a maximum of 1.14% platform fee.

(Godspeed.)

The louder they roar, the harder that they fall?

Changpeng Zhao: 4 months in jail.

Martha Stewart: 5 months in jail, 2 years of supervised release, including 5 months of electronic monitoring.

ElOhEl, nobody’s above the law.

Apple + AI.
Film at 11.

ft.com/content/87054a…

The unbearable lightness of Apple’s monopolies.
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'A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of…iPadOS gatekeeping.”

cnn.com/2024/04/29/tec…

Yes, but is it sustainable?
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This miserable NBA game was brought to you by
Thuggery (Embiid),
Flops (Lowry), and
Iso (Brunson)
#Knicks

Speaking of Ai Pin and systems design/technology packaging implosion on a Scaramucci scale, are you old enough to remember Microsoft Kin?

medium.com/techtalkers/mi…

Regulation-ish.
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